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 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 



We are particularly indebted to the Public Welfare Foundation and their staff for providing us with an office 

 in our nation s capitol to carry out this important public policy research and citizen action. We are also very 

 grateful to the Mary Reynolds Babcock Foundation, the Bert & Mary Meyer Foundation, the Jessie Smith 

 Noyes Foundation, the Sapelo Island Research Foundation, the Needmor Fund, and the Rockefeller Family 

 & Associates for their contiibutions of staff time and financial assistance. In addition, the following 

 organizations contributed time, knowledge and resources to this endeavor: 



ORGANIZATIONS PARTICIPATING IN THE INITIATIVE 



Appalachian Community Fund, Knoxville. TN 



Arkansas Development Finance Authority Little Rock AR 



Arkansas Land and Farm Development Center. Bnnkley. AR 



Atlanta Black United Fund. Atlanta. GA 



Boggs Rural Lite Center. Inc., Keysville. GA 



Calumet Indian Cultural Center. Nashville. TN 



Center tor Community Self Help. Durham NC 



Commission on Religion in Appalachia. Knoxville. TN 



Community Shares. Knoxville. TN 



Community Shares of North Carolina. Durham NC 



Delta CDC. Bnnkley. AR 



DELTA Foundation. Greenville. MS 



Federation of Southern Cooperatives Rural Training and Research. Epes. AL 



First Nations Financial Protect. Falmouth, VA 



Flonda Women's Foundation. Tampa. FL 



Foundation tor the Mid South Jackson. MS 



Franktinton Center Inc. at Bocks Enfield NC 



Fund tor Southern Communities. Atlanta. GA 



Highlander Research and Education Center. New Market. TN 



Human/Economic Appalachian Development Corp Benaa. KY 



Mississippi Action tor Community Education. Greenville, MS 



North Carolina Association of CDCs. Raleigh. NC 



North Carolina Indian Cultural Center, Pembroke. NC 



Penn Center. St Helena Island. SC 



Southeastern Reinvestment Ventures, Atlanta. GA 



Southern Development BanCorporaoon, Arkadelphia. AR 



Southern Development Cooperative Development Fund, Lafayette LA 



OTHER ORGANIZATIONS 



American Forum. Washington DC 



Council tor Community Based Development. Washington D.C. 



Association tor Community Based EducaDon. Washington D.C. 



Center for Community Change. Washington DC 



Center tor Literacy Studies. Knoxville. TN 



Center tor Demographic Policy. Institute tor Educational Leadership. Washington D.C. 



Housing Assistance Council. Washington DC 



The Institute for Southern Studies. Durham, NC 



MDC Inc.. Chapel Hill. NC 



National Commission on Economic Conversion and Military Disarmament 



National Finance Development Corporation 



National Rural Housing Coalition, Washington DC 



National Rural Health Assoaaoon. Kansas City. MO 



Rural CoaliDon. Washington DC 



Southeastern Regional Vision tor Education. Tallahassee. FLA 



